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Vehicle 51565

Class 108

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30461
Diagram: 609

Allocations

28/11/59	New to	6G (Llandudno Junction)
w/e 02/01/60	Transferred to	6D (Chester Northgate)
Jan-60	Transferred to	6A (Chester)	- Northgate closed
06/05/73	Depot code change	CH
4w/e 24/12/83	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
27/04/86	Transferred to	BX (Buxton)
10/05/87	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)	- delayed till June
20/09/87	Transferred to	LE (Swansea Landore)
09/03/92	Withdrawn from	LE (Swansea Landore) PLEX

Modifications

Sep-87 - Headlamp fitted

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50928	51565		As delivered to 6G - 28th November 1959
	50925	51565		Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester¹
	50932	51565		Noted 28/08/75 - at Crewe²
	50931	51565		Noted 13/04/1977 - 2D87, 14.17 Llandudno Junction to Llandudno³
	50931	59414	51565	Noted 30/08/1977 - Worked 17.25 Crewe - Llandudno service, seen at Prestatyn.³
	50931	59414	51565	Noted 09/09/77 - at Aberystwyth²
	50933	51565		Noted circa 03/1981³
	50925	51565		Noted circa 10/1982³
	50925	51565		Noted circa 04/1983³
	53925	51565		Noted circa 06/1983³
	53925	51565		Noted 08/08/1983 - on Conwy Valley with 51183-54344³
	53925	51565		Noted circa 01/1984³
	53925	59144	51565	Formation change - BX - 2w/e 14/05/86
	53925	59144	51565	Listed at Buxton - Summer 1986
	51947	59187	51565	Formation change - BX - circa Dec-86
	51934	51565		Noted 30/05/87 - on 07:40 Stockport - Stalybridge⁴
C903	51416	59812	51565	Listed at CF - Jun-87
C903	51416	59385	51565	Noted circa 08/1987³
C903	51416	59385	51565	Listed at CF - Aug-87
S948	53928	51565		Formed at LE circa 11/87
S948	53928	59477	51565	Formation change - LE - w/e 07/02/88 - 53928, 59477 replaced 53926
S948	53928	51565		Listed at LE - 15/05/89
S948	53928	59381	51565	Noted circa 09/1989³
S948	53928	51565		Listed at LE - Jul-91
S948	53928	51565		Listed at LE - Aug-91
S948	53928	51565		Listed at LE - Dec-91

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann

Images:

26th July 1982

Class 108 DMSL 51562 stabled in the bay at Shrewsbury alongside 140001 which had arrived on the 05:44 from Swansea. 26 July 1982. I had left Neath at 05.06 to catch the 05.44 to Shrewsbury in order to ride on the experimental unit. My verdict on the ride was that this experiment was a failure and nothing would come of it. Wrong again! Robert Thomas.

1st June 1985

With the driver having just collected the single line token from the signal box, a two-car Derby Class 108 DMU formed of cars M51565 & M53925 was getting underway from Midge Hall with a Preston to Ormskirk service on June 1st 1985. Martyn Hilbert.

27th July 1985

A two-car Class 108 with Driving Motor Second Lavatory (DMSL) M51565 leading, was accelerating away from Croston with the a Preston to Ormskirk service on July 27th 1985. The unit is passing the remains of the loading gauge at what was once the southern end of the goods yard at Croston, in the days when this route was the double track main line between Preston-Ormskirk-Liverpool Exchange. The loading gauge with its concrete post stood watch here for many years, but has now gone, new housing now comes right up to the railway boundary. Martyn Hilbert.

30th March 1991

Set number: S948

Class 108 DMU set S948 (presumably 51565 + 53928) departs from Neath with the 06:27 Chepstow-Llanelli service on 30 March 1991. Robert Thomas.

4th October 1991

Set number: S948

Class 108 set S948 (51565 + 53928) calls at Llanelli with the 09:04 Shrewsbury-Swansea service on 4 October 1991. Robert Thomas.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 15th October 1983

A Class 108 DMU formed of M53925 + M51565 is seen stabled at Whitland on 15 October 1983. Robert Thomas.

Date: 4th July 1985

Having just collected the single line token for the run to Rufford, a two-car Class 108 DMU formed of M53925 & M51565 was getting underway from Midge Hall with a Preston to Ormskirk service on July 4th 1985. The track on the right is the former Up line that was taken out of use between Farington Curve Junction and Midge Hall in 1983. When the Ormskirk line was rationalised in 1970 double track was retained as far as Midge Hall. Martyn Hilbert.

Date: 8th December 1988

Set number: S948

A Swansea based Derby Class 108 power twin DMU, set S948 (presumably 53928 + 51565), heads for Crewe with a passenger service on the line from Salop Goods Junction, Crewe, on either the 8th or 9th December 1988. Seen from the cab of 37797, stood at Crewe Bank SB's outer home signal at the head of 6V07, the empty Cawoods service from Ellesmere Port to South Wales. The small LH signal are would eventually be cleared for me to enter the Up Goods Loop at Crewe bank. Paul James.

Date: 16th August 1989

Set number: S948

Class 108 set S948 (presumably 53928 + 51565) arrives at Llanelli at 15:26 on Wednesday 16th August 1989 with the 15:10 Swansea - Pembroke Dock service. Colin Brooks.

Date: 16th August 1989

Set number: S948

Class 108 Set S948 (presumably 53928 + 51565) ready to work the 0922 Haverfordwest - Swansea. Taken at 09:16 at Haverfordwest with parcels being loaded, Wednesday 16th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

Date: 16th August 1989

Set number: S948

Class 108 Set S948 (presumably 53928 + 51565) ready to work the 0922 Haverfordwest - Swansea. Taken at 09:15 at Haverfordwest on Wednesday 16th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

Date: 16th August 1989

Set number: S948

Class 108 Set S948 (presumably 53928 + 51565) after arrival at Whitland with the 0922 Haverfordwest - Swansea service on Wednesday 16th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

Date: 16th August 1989

Set number: S948

Class 108 Set S948 (presumably 53928 + 51565) awaits departure from Whitland with the 0922 Haverfordwest - Swansea service on Wednesday 16th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

Date: 7th July 1990

Set number: S948

A rather indistinct image - the focus on the camera was playing up - of 53928 trailing 51565, as they depart from Crewe on 7/7/90, forming the 13.21 to Shrewsbury. Leonard Rogers.

Date: 30th March 1991

Set number: S948

Class 108 DMU set S948 (presumably 53928 + 51565) in Neath station on 30 March 1991 with the 06:27 Chepstow-Llanelli service. Robert Thomas.

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